By Prof. Jet T.

Castillo
and Ivan Descartin
 It is an event
 It is something on the history timeline
 It’s like a war, an earthquake, a king’s reign,
or any other happening on the history time
line.
 It is a phenomenon on the “contemporary
times” in the history timeline.
 It is not something that happened in a zap
 On the history timeline, it is from point A to
point B; not point A only.
 A process undergoes different stages, from
early stage to advanced stage.
 So does Globalization
 There are reasons why Globalization takes
place.
 We call them drivers.
 These can be events, people, etc that served
as stimuli or spark for the Globalization
process to start rolling.
 There is no single one driver of globalization,
it is a combination of several factors
 Not necessarily borderlines between countries
 Breaking down of figurative walls that divide
interaction between and among individuals,
nations and governments
 Not that the planet gets smaller physically
size.
 It means that individuals, nations, and
governments have ease in interaction.
 Example: communication, transportation,
business, education
 Some places on earth experience it, some
don’t
 Some people are affected by it, some people
are not affected
 Example: The Gods Must Be Crazy movie
 Globalization spreads from one place into
another.
 But since Globalization is a process, there will
come a time when all places and people on
earth will experience it.
 It cannot be avoided.
 We must therefore prepare for it.
 An event
 A process
 Driven by many factors
 Collapsing of borders
 Shrinking of the world
 Geographic
 Inevitable
 Go to your room and choose 5 items you have in
your possession. Write them on a 1 half sheet of
yellow paper.

 Opposite each item, write its country of origin

(Made in the Philippines, China, USA, etc)

 Do the same thing for the kitchen (including

inside of the refrigerator), and the living room
(these should include appliances). Write down 5
items from the kitchen and 5 from the living
room.
Question no.1
Determine which country makes the most
household and personal needs you and your
families have. What country is it?

Question no. 2
Discuss why certain products are made in the
Philippines while others are produced abroad.